I think the suicides in my first book came from the idea of growing up in Detroit. If you grow up in a city like that you feel everything is perishing, evanescent and going away very quickly.
Ariadne: [wakes up after being stabbed by Mal in a dream] Why... why wouldn't I wake up? Arthur: 'Cause there was still some time on the clock and you can't wake up from within a dream unless you die.
[first lines] Seal Instructor: [pulling exhausted trainee from the water] Six times three? Seal Trainee: [groans] Seal Instructor: Hurry up, Hurry up, Hurry up... Hurry up. Seal Trainee: Eighteen. Seal Instructor: Ooh!
If today is the last day of your life, the one thing you want to say is that you showed up for life. You showed up for your dreams. You showed up for the people who mattered to you. And above all, you showed up for yourself.
One thing that I noticed is having met some former Taliban is even they, as children, grew up being indoctrinated. They grew up in violence. They grew up in war. They were taught to hate. They were, they grew up in very ignorant cultures where they d...
I will give you the best I have.
Cement doesn't give as much as snow.
Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.
I enjoy what I'm able to give my family.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
NBC gives comedies a chance to find their legs.
I like to give back.
I give 150%. I'm a professional, a pro.
You have to give to be able to receive.
Actors should never give interviews.
Time takes all and gives all.
People are giving me more respect.
You have to give love to get love.
For me, music gives a voice to fashion.
I only want to give a metaphysic for my music.
Give and ye shall receive.
